Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
-- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5

Slim and Franke

Happy New Year

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

CALLING ALL FRIENDS

Low carb food pyramid

A few new health issues have required that I turn to low carb meals and snacks. Google has not been a friend to me on this issue and wonder if any one of you might have some good suggestions or directions to a decent website for ideas.

I hope you're OK! I am off and on the South Beach Diet, which is low carb. I actually practice elements of it all the time. When I am seriously sticking to Phase 2, I have oatmeal for breakfast and that is my only starch for the day. The other meals are meat and vegetables or salad.

I have a low carb snack for this afternoon that I brought to work - Stoneyfield nonfat french vanilla yogurt with fresh blueberries.

There are also hard boiled eggs, nuts, pickles, cheese, that kind of thing. Tuna salad, peanut butter spread on an apple or celery.

Diets need to be live-its. If it is not something you can stay on it will not be a successful venture. I do know that the USDA pyramid (old and new) are not very helpful. My small recommendation is to avoid everything and anything with corn syrup in it. You will be amazed at how often this ingredient appears thanks to lobby groups! Fill up on a protein (avoid red meats) first then veggies next and finally fruits (yes they are carbs). Hubby was told by doctor to lower his carb intake, but is totally ignoring that!

I'm assuming that owing to my physique, you won't be using me for dietary advice. I'll pretend I didn't read this. I don't give dietary advice for the same reason I also don't give investment advice. The reason? No experience.

Marla and Steve -- You will be changing your diet soon if you haven't already. It is called "eat anything you can a lots of it".

Bonnie -- Good idea. I need recipes.

Lynn -- I will be okay just needing some recurring lab tests and treatments. It is wonderful that I can eat eggs because we sure have plenty of those!

Tabor --So far, after only a few days, I am feeling better. Tell your hubby to give it a try.

Riot Kitty -- Glad to hear from you and love the info.

ashok -- Nice of you to stop in anyway:)

LL Cool Joe -- Thanks, I am okay. It is one of those "If only I had known sooner my whole life would have been different" things.

Judy -- I don't have to stop carbs completely, just seriously cut back on them.

Whitemist -- Same thing I told Judy... I don't get rid of carbs totally. I'm looking for "low" carb menus, not "no" carb.

Nancy -- I can't tell you how difficult it is to go outside and not have Ashenhurst come running toward me yelling, "Ma, Ma, Maaaaa"

Snaggle Tooth -- I'm not sure I can tell what anything is on that low carb pyramid. It is funny that I need to be cautious about eating bananas and then they give me a medication that affects my potassium levels so I need to eat potassium which is in bananas. LOL

Dianne -- Thanks for the websites. I can't wait to check them out. I have tried every diet in the world before except this one. The others were primarily for weight loss and this one is totally for health reasons. Maybe I can stick to it better know it is vital to my well-being.

Cliff -- Not really looking for diet advice, just looking for some good, low carb meals to try. Needless to say Marilyn's shortcake recipe would not qualify so I'm glad I tried it before this food restriction came along.

PS - I checked out the artist you mentioned and you're right, he's wonderful. Love the bird with the red background on the green fence. Wow! What are poster colors?? I asked him, don't know if he'll look back on his comments.

Scarlet -- What I find most interesting are the comments that critic his work. I'm thinking people should be appreciated for what they do and not what others think they should do. Glad you took a peek at him.

I have eaten low carb for many years. I'll get some recipes together for you so you wont feel deprived:) it will takes a week or so for you to get used to it and then you'll be feeling so much better and wonder why you waited so long..

Ok I read it again and you are wanting yo cut back on your carb count versus cut them out sooooo..

Adkins Maintenance would be perfect for you as that us when folks have lost the weight they needed to and adjusted their gylcemic index to a healthy level.. just Google.

Adkins Maintenance and they will give you carb counts and recipes. also you should try to hold it to below 60 per day. even then high carb veggies- Potatoes~!high carb fruits- peaces~! will cause a glycemic spike.. there are many other foods that do this also as you will see when you begin to read the information. again, I promise you will feel so much better in a short period of time and it will be sooooooooooo worth it for you..my email is on my blog up top- if ya need to talk about any of this. This Live It has improved my life more than I can tell you.

sonny -- I have been winging it this first week and already feel better. However I've needed a number for the daily carbs and am so happy that you have given me one. 60 sounds about right. My doctor was going to give me a plan to follow but either she forgot or I forgot. I may be calling on you for help. Thanks!

About Me

Favorite quote by Angie Worth: "Faith is what holds us together while religion tears us apart."
ABOUT ME: I avoid the news. I have turned off my political upheaval. My days of political activisim are supposed to be over. My hands have been thrown up in surrender and I try to be the best wife, mom, grandma, sibling and chicken farmer that I can be. "I am alive, I am alive by God's grace, I am living in God's care."

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